Addressing the Climate Crisis: Classroom Experience, Critical Media Literacy Inform New Book

Senior lecturer Jeff Share co-edits and alumnae Andrea Gambino and Amber Medina pen chapters to support K-12 teachers in empowering students.

Materializing AI and its Political Implications

Ramesh Srinivasan, Professor of Information Studies and author of “Beyond the Valley” comments on DeepSeek’s toppling of AI giants; the dangers of misinformation with close ties between tech and Trump.

Understanding the Experience of Hate Speech in Social Media On Young People

Researchers in the UCLA School of Education and Information Studies are collaborating with the Organization for Social Media Safety (OFSMS) to study the impact of online hate speech on adolescents.

SMASH Project: Findings on the Harms of Social Media

Organization for Social Media Safety and UCLA research team testified before Congress outlining benefits of banning smartphones during the school day using data from the SMASH study of more than 14,000 students in grades 5-12, in more than 60 schools across the United States.

Dyslexia Is The Most Common Learning Disability For All Students. Why California Doesn’t Screen For It Early

UCLA Ed&IS Assistant Researcher Rebecca Gotlieb discusses the importance of early screening and intervention.

Maryanne Wolf: Building Deep Reading Skills in a Digital World

“Screen-based online learning will change kids’ brains. Are we ready for that?” by Maryanne Wolf.

The Critical Media Literacy Guide: Engaging Media and Transforming Education

Douglas Kellner and Jeff Share lay out the evolution of thinking and development of media and cultural studies, from the Frankfurt School to current intersectional theories about information and power that highlight the importance of race, gender, class, and sexuality.

“Resurrecting the Black Body” and its Afterlife Legacies

Professor of Information Studies Tonia Sutherland employs a lens of critical archival, digital, and cultural studies in her examination of the technology and societal mores around the ways that Black Americans are portrayed posthumously online.